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Go North East 5502 / YX10 EYV by kieron mathews, on FlickrGo North East 5502 / YX10 EYV by kieron mathews, on Flickr
5502 is at Riverside in its new livery
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I have a feeling there be a few new livery revealed at this weekend events.
(23 Jul 2021, 12:15 pm)Train8261 Any major changes. Has it got the twotone like the rest of the fleet has
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(23 Jul 2021, 12:15 pm)Train8261 Any major changes. Has it got the twotone like the rest of the fleet has
There seems to be a lot of inconsistencies between all these new liveries that are based on the 'road stripe' concept.
The placement of the road stripe seems to vary depending on what day of the week it is, the Loop seems to have it pushed all the way to be back, and maybe tilted back further, whilst both of the 'Rider's have it further forward. The Durham Diamond seems to be this way as well. Whilst the Crusader and Cobalts have it much further forward
The Loop, Riders, Crusader, and Cobalts have the black bar down the side with the destinations, the Durham Diamond doesn't.
The Loop, East Gateshead Rider and Cobalts have the branding above the windows, but the CityRider and Durham Diamond have it below.
I thought this whole 'Road Stripe' concept was supposed to bring some continuity in the fleet.
It seems as though they were all designed by different people following the same brief but without having seen the previous designs.
(23 Jul 2021, 3:32 pm)streetdeckfan There seems to be a lot of inconsistencies between all these new liveries that are based on the 'road stripe' concept.Surely the road stripes does give continuity to the fleet - I doubt a member of the public will go out with a set square and a protractor to measure the angle of the lines.
The placement of the road stripe seems to vary depending on what day of the week it is, the Loop seems to have it pushed all the way to be back, and maybe tilted back further, whilst both of the 'Rider's have it further forward. The Durham Diamond seems to be this way as well. Whilst the Crusader and Cobalts have it much further forward
The Loop, Riders, Crusader, and Cobalts have the black bar down the side with the destinations, the Durham Diamond doesn't.
The Loop, East Gateshead Rider and Cobalts have the branding above the windows, but the CityRider and Durham Diamond have it below.
I thought this whole 'Road Stripe' concept was supposed to bring some continuity in the fleet.
It seems as though they were all designed by different people following the same brief but without having seen the previous designs.
(23 Jul 2021, 3:32 pm)streetdeckfan There seems to be a lot of inconsistencies between all these new liveries that are based on the 'road stripe' concept.Surely the road stripes does give continuity to the fleet - I doubt a member of the public will go out with a set square and a protractor to measure the angle of the lines.
The placement of the road stripe seems to vary depending on what day of the week it is, the Loop seems to have it pushed all the way to be back, and maybe tilted back further, whilst both of the 'Rider's have it further forward. The Durham Diamond seems to be this way as well. Whilst the Crusader and Cobalts have it much further forward
The Loop, Riders, Crusader, and Cobalts have the black bar down the side with the destinations, the Durham Diamond doesn't.
The Loop, East Gateshead Rider and Cobalts have the branding above the windows, but the CityRider and Durham Diamond have it below.
I thought this whole 'Road Stripe' concept was supposed to bring some continuity in the fleet.
It seems as though they were all designed by different people following the same brief but without having seen the previous designs.
(23 Jul 2021, 3:42 pm)citaro5284 Surely the road stripes does give continuity to the fleet - I doubt a member of the public will go out with a set square and a protractor to measure the angle of the lines.
I think you are looking too in depth at it if I am honest
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Go North East 6161 / LJ62 KZP by kieron mathews, on Flickr
(23 Jul 2021, 3:42 pm)citaro5284 Surely the road stripes does give continuity to the fleet - I doubt a member of the public will go out with a set square and a protractor to measure the angle of the lines.
I think you are looking too in depth at it if I am honest
Go North East 6053, a 2012 Wright Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL, reg no NK12GDO by neilharrison, on FlickrGo North East 6161 / LJ62 KZP by kieron mathews, on Flickr
(23 Jul 2021, 3:42 pm)citaro5284 Surely the road stripes does give continuity to the fleet - I doubt a member of the public will go out with a set square and a protractor to measure the angle of the lines.
I think you are looking too in depth at it if I am honest
(23 Jul 2021, 3:42 pm)citaro5284 Surely the road stripes does give continuity to the fleet - I doubt a member of the public will go out with a set square and a protractor to measure the angle of the lines.
I think you are looking too in depth at it if I am honest
(23 Jul 2021, 3:48 pm)streetdeckfan You don't need any tools to measure the difference, it sticks out when they're lined up in Gateshead Interchange.
I would have thought when they're essentially doing a copy and paste job on the same vehicle with different colours, they could at least get the stripe in the same place
Look at these two examples. There has to be nearly a metre between them!
(23 Jul 2021, 3:48 pm)streetdeckfan You don't need any tools to measure the difference, it sticks out when they're lined up in Gateshead Interchange.
I would have thought when they're essentially doing a copy and paste job on the same vehicle with different colours, they could at least get the stripe in the same place
Look at these two examples. There has to be nearly a metre between them!
(23 Jul 2021, 3:57 pm)Dan Bus & Coach World repainted the majority of the Geminis further forward than they were intended - but for fleet continuity on the batches repainted by them, have continued to put them further forward.
It really doesn’t make a huge difference.
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(23 Jul 2021, 3:57 pm)Dan Bus & Coach World repainted the majority of the Geminis further forward than they were intended - but for fleet continuity on the batches repainted by them, have continued to put them further forward.
It really doesn’t make a huge difference.
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(23 Jul 2021, 4:05 pm)streetdeckfan I personally think it looks much better further forward!
It's not just the placement though, the angle is also different.
By my rough calculations in Photoshop, the angle on the Crusader is 73 degrees and the Loop is 67 degrees, it doesn't sound like a lot but visually it really stands out. And when you combine that with placement being further back, it just looks really off.
In fact, if I correct for perspective and overlap them in Photoshop, you can see how different they are.
(23 Jul 2021, 4:05 pm)streetdeckfan I personally think it looks much better further forward!
It's not just the placement though, the angle is also different.
By my rough calculations in Photoshop, the angle on the Crusader is 73 degrees and the Loop is 67 degrees, it doesn't sound like a lot but visually it really stands out. And when you combine that with placement being further back, it just looks really off.
In fact, if I correct for perspective and overlap them in Photoshop, you can see how different they are.
(23 Jul 2021, 4:46 pm)Dan The angle on the Bus & Coach World painted Geminis is 45 degrees (again, they did one wrong and have done the rest wrong to match), everything else is 55.
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They should’ve corrected their error rather than replicating it.
(23 Jul 2021, 5:43 pm)Dan The fact it’s taken this long for anyone to notice suggests to me it’s not that big of an issue!
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(23 Jul 2021, 5:43 pm)Dan The fact it’s taken this long for anyone to notice suggests to me it’s not that big of an issue!
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(23 Jul 2021, 5:43 pm)Dan The fact it’s taken this long for anyone to notice suggests to me it’s not that big of an issue!
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(23 Jul 2021, 5:43 pm)Dan The fact it’s taken this long for anyone to notice suggests to me it’s not that big of an issue!
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The Durham diamond livery looks good from the sneak peek from Dan's pic. One minor thing is that I thought the Consett and Stanley area services were green or yellow. I'm sure it was mentioned a while back and certainly most other services in that area are either yellow (venture, X5/15) or green (78, X30/31/45/46/70/71) as the main colours.
I have to admit I thought the Durham diamond would have ended up yellow with a blue rear!
(23 Jul 2021, 1:57 pm)TEN 6083
5502 is at Riverside in its new livery
(23 Jul 2021, 1:57 pm)TEN 6083
5502 is at Riverside in its new livery
(23 Jul 2021, 8:44 pm)Rapidsnap Thanks for the post NE14NE1 lol. I scored lucky with 5297, I had only been parked up about a minute when it came out of the Works.
(23 Jul 2021, 8:44 pm)Rapidsnap Thanks for the post NE14NE1 lol. I scored lucky with 5297, I had only been parked up about a minute when it came out of the Works.
